HMAYAK HOVHANNISIAN: CRIMINAL WORLD HAS LOST SENSE OF FEAR AND MEASURE
Noyan Tapan
Sept 07 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The subject of forming a civil
society in Armenia has become more than actual in the recent days,
when tragic events follow one another. Hmayak Hovhannisian, Chairman
of the Armenian Union of Political Scientists, RA MP, declared at
the September 7 press conference. In connection with the previous
day’s murder of Chief of the Investigation Department of the State Tax
Service attached to RA government, Shahen Hovasapian, and attack upon
editor of the Iravunk newspaper Hovhannes Galajian committed the same
day, Hovhannisian declared: "All this shows that the criminal world has
lost sense of fear and measure and has become so impudent that even
high-ranking officers become its targets." The MP considers the main
obstacle to establishment of a civil society the fact that "the public
opinion has no impact on political processes in our country." The
other obstacle of no less importance, in the MP’s words, is "absence
of social mobility" "under which closed castes emerge, which remind
of social structures typical of eastern dictatorships." Under
such conditions, in the speaker’s words, to pass from one caste to
another becomes impossible and "on the one hand, the society becomes
hardened and, on the other hand, the society becomes separated and
distorted." As Hovhannisian affirmed, in Armenia even marriages have
"inter-clan, oligarch character": young people strive for marrying
someone from their caste." Another obstacle to establishment of civil
society, as the political scientist emphasized, is sense of losing the
integrity of the Armenian society. Today, in his words, an Armenian
perceives himself not as an Armenian but as a resident of Aparan,
Lori or Syunik (Armenian marzes). The very fact is the reason that, in
Hovhannisian’s words, "by the principle of regionalism Nig-Aparans and
other compatriotic unions emerge." At the forthcoming parliamentary
elections non-partisan Hmayak Hovhannisian is ready to cooperate
with the political forces who will "accept Hovhannisian’s ideas,"
will realize "the necessity to get rid of the class of stable-men
and to establish really a political class."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
